Police are warning communities about the “48-hour challenge,” which encourages teens to stage disappearances, news station KMOV reported.

Authorities in Indiana said Monday teens rack up points in the challenge as news of their disappearance spreads on social media.

“The challenge encourages teens to go missing for up to 2 days at a time and awards points for every social media mention while they are missing,” Tippencoe County Sheriff Bob Smith said in a release.

Smith warned the challenge could distract law enforcement from helping other people who are actually in distress.

“Runaway and missing person reports are very serious matters and to use these attention seeking type challenges pulls law enforcement away from their many other duties and causes unnecessary anxiety amongst the families and friends that are involved,” Smith said.

The sheriff’s department hasn’t encountered a case involving the “48-hour challenge,” but urged parents to talk to their children about the pitfalls of social media.

“We are trying to educate our community and get out in front of something before it happens,” Smith said.